If those were the games that made people think thIs, then that is also a change in classification.

its a misnomer

[quoteIm talking about consoles not computers[/quote]

where talking about RPGs in GENERAL, not what system they are on. the system is completely irrelevant to this discussion.

 

 

no im not wrong, what ppl call things nowdays is wrong.

and you are one of those people

Have some respect will u...

 

you are being completely unreasonable

Technically, every game can be considered a form of RPG. since you take on a role... play it and its a game.

then the genre RPG should include every game that's not a puzzle.

seriously tho just because you have control over a characters movements does not mean you are role playing with that character. YOU as a character actually has no control over how the story plays out, its all linear story progression. All you are doing is moving character from point a to point b, you are NOT that character, that character is already predefined in the story. you have no control over that character cut scenes because they are already their for you. the only control you have is that character movements, that is NOT playing a role in a story. story wise its comparable to flipping a page in a book. Role playing games are suppose to be about creating a character and making choices for that character that effects the story and how NPCs respond to you

but it's wrong though

you sound like a stubborn child who doesn't want to admit his childhood beliefs are not actually real.

Squaresoft and Enix made the RPG big on consoles with Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest. Those two companies were the reason RPGs are what they are today.

those two companies are the reason everyone now wrongfully assumes RPGs are games with stats and a level system when traditionally speaking, those were only secondary mechanics, not actually what made RPGs ROLE PLAYING GAMES. technically, JRPGs are not really rpgs but that's what everyone has gotten used to calling them thanks to squaresoft getting loose with the rpg mechanics.

Japan invented RPG that's why they are called Jrpg's... western rpgs aren't really as good plus in the west they started using rpg term with almost everything which is Wrong, u Can't call a shooter game like borderlands 2 an rpg, it got some elements and features from an rpg sure but it is Not an rpg it's still a shooter

Jrpg's got their own styles but it depends on the style of the game it doesn't have to be a turn based to be called a jrpg

 

and mass effect is a action TPS game not an rpg

RPG's started in Japan he's right

you don't know what your talking about, first of all RPGs date all the way back to 1975. yeah they were board games but they went by the very premis that they were ROLE PLAYING GAMES, MEANING you as the player had an actual role in the story. in RPGs you make CHOICES that change and shape how NPCs react to you and certain parts of the story. when you take that element away, it is NOT a ROLE PLAYING GAME. JRPGs lack the very thing that's makes RPGs ROLE PLAYING GAMES. in JRPGs you don't make choices, you don't live that character, you did not create that character. the story and character are predefines. Mass effect is an RPG, the fact that its also a shooter is irrelevant because it contains what makes rpgs rpgs, and that's the ROLE PLAYING. JRPGsd have NONE of that. stats and a lving system doesn not make an RPG.

watch this video, this guy actually knows what he's talking about. he is taking passages from a published book on Role playing games

also Bioware developer says JRPGs are not really rpgs

http://www.strategyi...-13-isnt-an-rpg

One of the reasons I bought a wii was so I can play Mario party online then to my realization I find out Mario party has NO online support. total bullcrap.

Role Playing Games started in Japan, but whatever...

do some research, your knowledge is severely lacking.

Eh, it's really hard to label RPGs nowadays, but your original question was what ARPG stood for, and it's an Actiom RPG. A better example may have been Mass Effect.

the Term Role playing game has LONG lost it's meaning ever since people started calling JRPGs RPGs. technically WRPGs are the only video games that can be considered true role playing games but now stats and a lv system are the only requirements [sigh].  

anyways if people are going to call games like final fantasy RPGs then kingdom hearts is just as much of an RPG.